: : Yes... but it should be spelled file gumbo. File (with an accent over the e, pronounced fee-lay) is a spice, indispensible to good gumbo.

: : me thinks it could be coonass for my girl friend, using bastardized slang French and Spanish; mi cheri and amigo.

One might assume from your use of "coonass" that perhaps you are unaware of the Creole French spoken in the bayous of Louisiana, perhaps not up to speed on the long history or rich culture of the Cajuns who live there. You certainly seem ignorant of their ethnicity.